
From Loudersound.
Dinosaur Jr. have just released new single Garden, the second track taken from Sweep It Into Space, their soon-to-be-released album coming April 23 via Jagjaguwar.
The new single is accompanied by a deceptively simple video that features the band hanging out together in snowy weather, while animations by Chloe Hemingway and illustrations courtesy of John Moloney swirl around them. On the face of it, it seems like a pretty ordinary scene – trippy visuals aside – and is even filmed through an iPhone camera. But Garden is designed to be the antidote to troubling times, and is in fact a gentle reminder to take a step back from the chaos of life’s complexities.
Bassist /vocalist Lou Barlow explains: “Everyone seemed to want a disruption in the order of American life, it seemed necessary. Then it happened. [This song] began as a bitter lamentation but as I was finishing the lyrics, singing over the instrumental version of the song while driving to J’s through the miles of farmland that separate his studio in Amherst and my home in Greenfield (Massachusetts), I saw a sign on a shed: Back to the Garden. I was looking for a resolution, where do we go when faced with such dramatic confusion? Back to basics, back home, back to the garden.”
Explaining the low-key video, he continues: “There wasn’t a video planned for the song but since my wife Adelle and I had started making holiday ‘specials’ for my YouTube channel this past December, we thought we could knock one out for Garden.
“Adelle thought we should incorporate the whimsical paintings of Dinosaur Jr’s tour manager John Moloney. He routinely dashes off caricatures of J, Murph and I when we travel. I told John about our ideas and he thought it would be easy to video the band playing the song.”
“So, John and Adelle quickly captured the band playing the song on their iPhones on a cold February afternoon and I edited it all together in iMovie. Then we had Chloe, the real vid expert at Jagjaguwar, put the paintings by John and Adelle into the mix, and that’s it!”
Dinosaur Jr. will also be playing a livestream performance on May 1. Tickets are available now.
1. I Ain’t
2. I Met the Stones
3. To Be Waiting
4. I Ran Away
5. Garden
6. Hide Another Round
7. And Me
8. I Expect It Always
9. Take It Back
10. N Say
11. Walking To You
12. You Wonder
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- Dinosaur Jr - Bug - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.15, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 27-Jan-2023 10:02)on February 5, 2023 at 6:30 pm
DINOSAUR JR Bug (1988 UK first issue 9-track vinyl LP on the Blast First label, featuring the J Mascis classic Freak Scene, glossy picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some spine scuffing and edgewear, whilst the vinyl has just a few light surface scuffs - overall an excellent copy BFFP31)
- Dinosaur Jr - Without A Sound - Japanese - SHM CD - Promo - £25.00, $30.25, €28.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Oct-2022 14:53)on February 5, 2023 at 6:30 pm
DINOSAUR JR Without A Sound (Limited Edition 2012 Japanese promotional sample 11-track SHM-CD [Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players], issued for review ahead of release. Comes housed in a mini-LP replica picture sleeve with Japanese insert & promo stickered obi-strip WPCR-14775)
- Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been - Japanese - SHM CD - Promo - £25.00, $30.25, €28.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Oct-2022 14:52)on February 5, 2023 at 6:30 pm
DINOSAUR JR Where You Been (Limited Edition 2012 Japanese promotional sample 13-track SHM-CD [Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players], issued for review ahead of release with three exclusive bonus tracks. Comes housed in a mini-LP replica picture sleeve with Japanese insert & promo stickered obi-strip WPCR-14774)
- Dinosaur Jr - Hand It Over - Japanese - SHM CD - Promo - £25.00, $30.25, €28.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Oct-2022 14:49)on February 5, 2023 at 6:30 pm
DINOSAUR JR Hand It Over (Limited Edition 2012 Japanese promotional sample 12-track SHM-CD [Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players], issued for review ahead of release. Comes housed in a mini-LP replica picture sleeve with Japanese insert & promo stickered obi-strip WPCR-14776)
- Dinosaur Jr - Out There - UK - 10" vinyl - £30.00, $36.30, €33.60 (New Item) (arrived 04-Oct-2022 08:02)on February 5, 2023 at 6:30 pm
DINOSAUR JR Out There (1993 UK Blanco Y Negro label limited edition 4-track 10" vinyl single, also including Keeblin' plus live versions of The Post and Kracked, numbered full colour picture sleeve. The sleeve shows very little wear and the vinyl is Excellent with light play only NEG63TE)
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